A/N: Hello everybody! Time for yet another story. This one will be causing some conflict among friends, but that happens from time to time. Well, on to the story! Hope you like it! This'll be the last week I'll have time to do my stories, I'm going on vacation before I have to go back to school, but that's not until next week.

Chapter 1: Suspicion

It had been a week since the cubs took back the Pridelands and Sora joined the pride. The whole week, Nala hadn't seen Simba as much as usual. He had been hanging around with Tora a lot more.

"Nala!" Mheetu called as he walked into the den.

"What?" Nala asked.

"Have you seen Tora?" he asked her. "I can't find her anywhere."

"She's probably with Simba again." Nala answered. "Those two have been together a lot this past week."

"Yeah... You're right." Mheetu told her. "Why have they been spending so much time together?"

They both thought for a moment before Nala spoke up. "Mheetu, you don't think they're..."

"No, they wouldn't do that... Would they?" Mheetu asked. "No, we're making to much out of it. They wouldn't go out with each other behind our backs."

"You're right... but let's go find them anyway." Nala said. The two cubs left the den to search for Simba and Tora.

Kora and Kula were walking down by the water hole when they saw Kotta sitting by himself, which is different because he's usually with Uzuri.

"Hey, he looks depressed." Kula said, pointing at Kotta.

"He's always depressed, it's nothing new." Kora answered. "Come on, just leave him alone."

"No, let's go see what's wrong." Kula said as she walked towards Kotta.

"Fine, if you insist." Kora answered as he followed her.

"Hey, Kotta, what's wrong?" Kula asked. "You look sad."

"It's nothing." Kotta said in his usual dull tone. "Just leave me alone."

"Oh, come on." Kula told him. "You can tell us, maybe we can help."

Kotta seemed to think about it for a minute before he spoke again. "Okay, I'll tell you." he said. "It's Uzuri. I really want to tell her how I feel about her, but I also don't want to die."

"Doesn't she already know?" Kora asked. "You're the one who snapped her out of it after that incident with the Love Bug."

"Yeah, but I never told her that only someone who loves her could snap her out of it." Kotta answered. "I told her I did it because nobody else would."

"Well, just tell her how you feel." Kula said. "There's no guarantee she'll kill you."

"She gets sick at the mention of anything romantic." Kotta told them. "How am I supposed to tell her?"

"First, you have to lose the negativity." Kula told him. "Seriously, are you ever happy about anything?"

"No." he answered.

"Well, let's go." said Kula. "We're gonna help you. Right, Kora?"

"Sure, why not." Kora answered. "I have nothing else to do."

Kula turned back to Kotta. "By the end of the day, Uzuri will be your girlfriend."

Kotta just looked at her with a dull look. "If you say so..."

Mheetu and Nala were still looking for Simba and Tora. They had made their way down to the water hole and when they got there, they saw Tora and Simba on the opposite side, laying in the shade of a tree.

"There they are." Nala said, pointing to the other side of the water hole. "They're laying under that tree."

"What are they doing?" Mheetu asked.

"It looks like they're just talking..." Nala answered. "but I think they're a little too close together."

"Nala, I think you're overreacting." Mheetu told her, looking over at Simba and Tora. They were lying right next to each other. "Okay, so they're right next to each other. That doesn't mean anything." Then they noticed that Simba and Tora seemed to be looking into each others eyes. "Okay... Maybe something is up, but we can't just walk over there and accuse them."

"Hm... Maybe Sora can help." Nala said when she saw Sora walking towards them. "Hey, Sora! Come here for a minute."

Sora walked over to Nala and her brother. "What?" he asked. "You two look a little... nervous."

"You see Simba and Tora over there?" Nala asked, looking to the other side of the water hole. "We think there's something up with those two."

"Okay, but what do you need me for?" Sora asked.

"Well, you have psychic powers, can't you like read their minds or something?" Nala asked him.

"Um... No." Sora replied. "Sorry, I can't do that. I can only move things, hypnotise, and kill with my powers. If I can read minds, I haven't learned how to do it yet."

"Alright..." Nala sighed. "I guess we'll find out on our own..."

"Do you think the others suspect anything?" Simba asked Tora.

"I don't think so." she answered. "We can go off on our own for once."

"Yeah, but don't you think we should tell them?" Simba asked.

"No, then they'll want to come too." Tora answered.

"Yeah, you're right." Simba replied. "When should we leave?"

"How about an hour?" Tora said.

"Alright." answered Simba. The two cubs left the water hole and walked in the direction of Pride Rock.

A/N: Hm... What is going on between Simba and Tora? Nala and Mheetu are just being to suspicious, I'm sure whatever's going on isn't anything to get worked up over... Or is it...? Will Kula and Kora be able to help Kotta lose his negative attitude and gain some confidence, or will it be a hopeless effort? Until the next update... Please Review! Thank You! :)